Gas cock



i. E. SEAN, JA..

GAS COCK.`

APPLICATION mfp FEB'.Q16.'192.1. I 1242829133 rv Patented Sept. ,12, 1922..

Patented SeptflZ, 1922.

' UNITED STA.' lllfv PATsN-r orriiea;

JOHN E. BEAN, JR., or 'ivinannvmd 'ivrAss,Acnesmv-rs.,.A

y l GAS eosink Application `filed February 16,1921. Serial No.v 1,1451'38Ii` l T 0 all whom t may concern.'

I' Be itknown that I, JoHN E. BEAN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residin: at Merrimac, in the county of Essexv and tate or'- Massachusetts, have. invented new and useful linproveinentsin Gras Cocks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a'gas cock which controls a gas-delivering conduit, usually flexible, detachably connectedV at' one end with the outlet of the cock, and adapted tov supply gas to a burner. K

The object' of the invention isto provide safety meansl preventing the possibilit of the accidental or unintentional escape o gas from the cockwhen the delivering conduit is detached from thel Cock.

The invention is embodied in the improvements which l will now proceed to describe and claim. n ,y

Of the'accompanying drawings forming a partl of this speciicationr-r y' Y.

Figure 1 isa top plan view of a gas cock and asleeve in'wliich theinvention is ernbodied. l' j A j Figure 2 is a longitudinal section' of the same, parts being shown in elevation, the cock valvebein'g open. i

Figurey 3 is an end view, looking from' the right in Figure 2, the' valve' being open.

Figure 4 shows the cock partly in section and partly in elevation, the sleeve being re, moved and the valve locked in its closed position.

Figure 5 is an end view, looking from the left in Figure 4.

The saine referencel characters indicate the saine parts in all of the figures.

ln the drawings, 12 represents the body oit a gas cock having an inlet gas duct por-- tion 13, an outlet gas duct portion 14, and a tapered socket 15 in which the usual plug valve 16 is adapted to turn and thus open and close the cock, the valve having the usual gas duct 17. Formed on the body 12 is a projecting nipple 18, externally threaded at 19, and constituting an extension of the duct portion 14.

The body is provided with an annular groove 20, surrounding the inner portion of the nipple. 21 is a sleeve internally threaded at 22, and adapted to be screwed upon the nipple 18, the inner end portion of the sleeve being formed to enter the groove 20, and provided with an orifice 23 (Figure 2).

The sleeve is provided. with a gas duct portion 24, and with an annular Aseat 25, forming agas-tight 'joint :with the outer end of the nipple.VM f l* The outer end lof the sleeve`21isA formed for engagement with a gasdelivering conduit26, such `as. a `le'xible'tube,l adapted t0 conduct'y gas from the cock to aA burner`tlie sleeve constituting aterininal of thel gasfde'!l liver'ing conduit,g and being 'suitably secured to the latter, sothat when the sleeve is remov-'ed from'thecock nipple, it remainscon# the louter end ofthev sleeve" isprovided with a corrugated or threadedportion or'teat 2S, which entersone lend ofthe conduit 26, and upon which the latter may be"claniped'if desired. l I provide Vsafety means. whereby 'the re moval Vof' the sleeve ,21. .from the nipple 13 is prevented whenth'e valveh 16`is open, thel 4nected Withv'the conduit 26. As hereshow'n,

removal of 5 the sleeve lbeing possible' only when the valve is closed, andwherebywthe' opening 'of the `valve is prevented :when the sleeve'lis removed, `theyopening oic the 'v avfe' b ing [possible only when the sleeve 'is in place on the' nipple. u

" In tthe embodiment of the invention here mi:

shown, said safety .means is organized pas next described. ,',Fitted'to move lendwisein a guide 30`vin the bodyy12 is a double-acting detent 31, formed as a bolt or'pin, projecting I at its outer'endrorn` thebody and having.

a rounded head l32.v The dete'nt 31jis inov-` able into the' groove 2O and sleeve orifice 23, as shown by Figure 2, is normally held out or" the groove 20, with its head 32 at a maxiinum projection from the body by a spring A stop pin 34 limits the endwise movements of the detent.

Fixed to the valve 16 is an ear 35, which has a cam-shaped or inclined portion 35a, adapted to act on the detent head 32 and force the detent into the sleeve orifice 23, when the valve is turned to its open position. Fitted to move in the annular groove 30 is an annular detent stop 37, which may be a ring or washer or, as here shown, two rings or washers placed edge to edge. The detent stop 37 is normally held by a spring 38 against a stop shoulder 39 on the nipple .18, the stop 37, when thus normally held, being in position to prevent the entrance of the detent 31 into the groove 20, as shown by Figure 4.

The relative arrangement of the valve ear 35 and valve duct 17 is such that when the valve isy opened, the detent 31 ispressed inv Wardlyv bythe action of the cam portion 35 of the valve ear' on the head of the detent.

It will be seen, however, that when the sleeve 2l is yremoved from the nipple 18, the datent, 31 is rigidly supported in its vnormal or otite' It Will 1alfso be reeen that When the sleeve 2l is 1n place on the nipplejand the' valve lis Opened," the sleeve anim be removed kfrom the nipple, rbeoause `is locked .by the dei lows, therefore, `that removal of the sleeve from the nipple is prevented lwhen the valve is open, :and the lopening.; of the valve ,is pre- A vented when the sleeve is `rernolveddsoy that yao ing a projecting outlet nipple; ,a sleevey thris ne pessiblty Of @Scare 0i eas int@ th rem when the. ees-,delivering @enduit .is separated from the oook.

Iolaimry o.. -v y 1-` In eembnaton, a .gesfpok 'bedr heving a' projecting voutlet nipple,l a sleeve adapted to receive and be detac ably secured to the nipple, said sleeve forming la part of a gas-delivering conduit, a plug'valve controlling jthe gas duct through the body,and

speotively by the valve and by' the body, the forni and arrangement ef sind elements being such` that removal of the sleeve fromy the nipple is prevented when the valve is open, and opening of the valve is prevented when the'sleeve is removed, v 2.. In combination, 'a gas-.Cock body havadapted to receive and be detaohably secured safety means including elements ,carried re-l v to said nipple,'said sleeve forminga part of a gas-delivering conduit; a-plug valve v,controlling kthe gas duct through-the body;

andy safety means embodied' in an ear projecting laterally 'from the valve, a springpressed detent movable in the body, and a n springfpressedwdetentstop, also movable in` the body, the arrangement beingv such that removal of the sleeve from the .nippleifs prevented vwhen the valve vis open, and openconduit;y a `plug 'valve vtcontrolling theffgas n duet through the body; and safety means embodied in e `QM11-SI12LPed@er Projecting laterally fromthe valve, aspringfpressed de tent movablefin the body, `and normally "pro,-v

jecte'd into thefpath'of said eanfsaid'detent being adapted te .enter the ermlar groove and engage an` oriiicein the sleeve, ,andr an annular kspringpressed stop movable in said groove and eermelly thepath @fthe detent, lthe arrangement being vsuchthat when the sleeve isinplaoe on'tlie nipple, and l'the valye is ,vopen, Lthe sleeve looked fthe cam-shapedyalve ear and the detent, I'and when thervalve-islclosed, the detentassumes its @normal positiomengages thevalve. arm to lock the valve in its closed position, and releases the ,sleeve to permit' removal vof ,the latterv from thenipple. I v f e In testimony whereof I ,have aHiXed' my eignature.

" AJOHN E. BEAN, Je, 

